HC Deb 10 April 1978 vol 947 c274W
Mr. Trotter

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the estimated total spending on (a) the Police Service and (b) the Prison Service in 1977–78; what each of these figures means in terms of spending per annum per head of the adult population; and how in percentage terms the 1977–78 totals compare with the expenditures in 1957, 1967, and 1973–74.

Mr. Merlyn Rees

The table below shows total expenditure in England and Wales on police and prison services for the relevant years (at constant prices):

renewing or varying a firearm certificate from £10 to £13, especially in view of the fact that the previous increase was from £3 to £10.

Mr. Merlyn Rees

The increases in the standard fee from £4.50 to £10 in 1976 and from £10 to £13 in 1978 were the minimum required to cover costs.